Monthly Archives: March 2012

Canon: “The next evolution is here”

After the first “The story continues” screening invitation, Canon will hold a technical briefing on April 16th during the NAB show in Las Vegas under the slogan “The next evolution is here” Via Definitionmagazine

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Panasonic GF5 announcement on April 5th

Digicame-info is reporting that the announcement of the Panasonic GF5 camera is expected on April 5th, 2012. Shipping will start on April 26th. The G5 model will be released later. Here again are the rumored GF5 specs:

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Voigtländer APO-Lanthar 90mm f/3.5 SL II lens is now discontinued

Voigtländer APO-Lanthar 90mm f/3.5 SL II lens for DSLR cameras ($549) is now listed as discontinued on Cosina Japan website. I guess this lens did not sell that well because it was announced “just” two years ago. Curious to see if Voigtländer will announce a replacement at Photokina.

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Rumor: Hasselblad to introduce a new family of digital cameras at Photokina (digital X-Pan?)

I received a tip that Hasselblad will introduce a new family of digital cameras this year, probably at Photokina. One of the possibilities is a smaller DSLR type camera. The other rumor is for a digital X-Pan camera, which will use a customized sensor in order to provide the wide panorama format. The sensor will […]

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This is the Panasonic G5

In addition to the GF5, Panasonic is also preparing a new G5 camera as seen on this leaked picture. No announcement date or details are known at that point, but my guess is that we will see those cameras before the summer. Here are also two more images of the white and black Panasonic GF5 models:

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Fujifilm partners with Globe-Trotter to release a limited edition suitcase for X-Pro1 mirrorless camera system

Own a Fuji X-Pro1 mirrorless camera system, want to travel in style and have £5695 ($9,000) to burn? Get this Globe-Trotter limited edition suitcase. From the press release:

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Interesting mirrorless camera concept

This Snima Iris mirrorless camera concept is designed by Vladimir Markov. Check out his website form more details. Here are few more images:

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Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 lens patent

Tamron filed a patent in Japan for a new 70-200mm f/2.8 lens that will probably be an update of their current version. Tokina recently announced a new AT-X 70-200mm f/4 PRO IF FX lens and this is probably Tamron’s response. The details:

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Pentax DA 645 25mm f/4 lens announced again

For some reason Pentax US decided to announce the D FA 645 25mm f/4 lens today. This lens has been listed at B&H since February 7th. Here is the full press release:

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Adobe Photoshop CS6 Beta now available for download

Photoshop CS6 Beta is now available for download at Adobe labs. Some of the highlights in the new version: Content-Aware Patch — Patch images with greater control using the newest member of the Content-Aware family of technologies. Choose the sample area you want to use to create your patch, and then watch Content-Aware Patch magically […]

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